The Saturday Matinée
2021-04-03 • Saturday Matinée
William Shatner makes Jor-El type recording to preserve legacy. So Many Reboots! Thanksgiving ComiCon. Best Pandemic Opening Yet: Kongzilla!
April 5, 2021
William Shatner makes Jor-El type recording to preserve legacy. So Many Reboots! Thanksgiving ComiCon. Best Pandemic Opening Yet: Kongzilla!
Is Nomadland Oscar bait or is it worth all the buzz? How does Frances McDormand work as a woman living on the road? And what do we think of Chloé Zhao directing the next MCU film? The Film Board convenes to talk about the movie and everyone involved. Tune in!
The Indulgent Cut is coming. Should ‘Black Widow’ get the HBOMax treatment? Faces/Offs. Cube Japan! Scorcese is back, this time on streaming. Plus a rousing game of The Diabolical and a list of movies with living spaces with killer views!
The Golden Globes are here. Mandy “can’t wait” for a Buck Rogers reboot. Here comes a show about talking boobs. The box office is still shrinking. Plus three great new trailers, Rob’s musings on the cosmic importance of ‘Groundhog Day’, and a list of film
All seasons of the Muppet Show to air on Disney+. Freaks and Geeks coming to Hulu. Casting Nicole Kidman as Lucy in Sorkin’s new film. Godzilla Vs. Kong release moved up (trailer drops Sunday).
Is ‘Locked Down’ the COVID heist comedy we need right now? And is it even a heist comedy? Or more of a relationship dramedy? The Film Board convenes to break it apart to see if the whole worked as well as the sum of its parts. Tune in!
The Film Board Gathers! The thugs have come together for an annual re-ranking of all the movies introduced on the show over the last year or so. And… it’s only for our esteemed members!
We’re finally in the last month of 2020 the entertainment industry is mulling through new layers of execution and release. In this first week of December, Netflix released “Mank” by David Fincher keying our imagination towards remembering old Hollywood. It focuses on the politics of filmmaking of the 1930’s, how those dynamics mixed into the world, and were reflected in “Citizen Kane” by screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. Everything old is new again this month on The Film Board.
She’s been revealed. With two white light sabers. Plus, I’m still calling it Baby Yoda, I don’t care. Faizon Love sues Universal over Love Retreat poster. Why Santa Claus could be the last role Kurt Russell ever plays. Plus three trailers you’ll swear you
TENET and the great sadness of the 2020 global box office. Madonna working on the story of her life. The Prince Estate has a podcast. We’ve got a SHE-HULK! Making the case for more Star Trek TV. Plus, a list of films with exceptional female action stars!